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Wednesday 29 October 2025 · 18:00 · HT 0-0 · Stade Saint Symphorien, Metz · Referee Abdelatif Kherradji

Metz v RC Lens: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Metz's last 4 home games and RC Lens's last 4 away games in Ligue 1 before kick-off, both teams scored in 3 of 8, over 2.5 goals in 3 of 8, with 7.6 corners per match (league 9.6) and 4.0 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Metz's 9 Ligue 1 games and RC Lens' 9 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Metz v RC Lens, full match

46%

Possession

54%

3.42

Expected goals (xG)

1.32

16

Shots

10

7

Shots on target

2

Corners

5

15

Fouls

15

3

Yellow cards

2

1

Red cards

0

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

13'

Yellow card

Alpha Touré MET

45+3'

Yellow card

Abdallah Sima RCL

45+6'

Yellow card

Deiver Machado RCL

68'

Yellow card

Gauthier Hein MET

87'

Penalty

Gauthier Hein MET

90+1'

Goal

Gauthier Hein MET

90+2'

Second yellow

Gauthier Hein MET

At a glance

Metz

18th in the table

L

D

L

RC Lens

2nd in the table

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Metz's home games and RC Lens's away games in Ligue 1 this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Metz's last 4 home games and RC Lens's last 4 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

38%

3/8 games · League 51%

Over 1.5 goals

63%

5/8 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

38%

3/8 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/8 games · League 33%

Over 9.5 corners

25%

2/8 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 cards

63%

5/8 games · League 57%

Metz clean sheet

25%

1/4 games · League 28%

RC Lens clean sheet

25%

1/4 games · League 28%

Metz fail to score

75%

3/4 games · League 28%

RC Lens fail to score

50%

2/4 games · League 28%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.8

League 2.8

Corners

7.6

League 9.6

Cards

4.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Metz

4-1-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jonathan Fischer

DEFENDERS

2

5

15

39

MIDFIELDERS

7

Giorgi Tsitaishvili

10

Gauthier Hein

12

Alpha Touré

14

Cheick Tidiane Sabaly

20

Jessy Deminguet

FORWARDS

30

Habibou Diallo

SUBSTITUTES

16

3

9

27

29

19

23

25

99

RC Lens

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

40

Robin Risser

DEFENDERS

3

6

14

23

24

MIDFIELDERS

8

Mamadou Sangare

28

Adrien Thomasson

FORWARDS

10

Florian Thauvin

11

Odsonne Édouard

19

Abdallah Sima

SUBSTITUTES

1

30

25

2

5

7

22

29

38

Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

11 games in Ligue 1 this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.0

Red cards per game

0.36

Fouls per game

28.4

League 24.1

Penalties per game

0.45

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

MET

RCL

Match

League

Goals per match

3.6

2.4

3.0

Over 0.5

89%

8/9

89%

8/9

89%

16/18

96%

Over 1.5

78%

7/9

78%

7/9

78%

14/18

72%

Over 2.5

67%

6/9

67%

6/9

67%

12/18

56%

Over 3.5

44%

4/9

11%

1/9

28%

5/18

36%

Over 4.5

33%

3/9

0%

0/9

17%

3/18

19%

Bet

MET

RCL

Match

League

Yes

44%

4/9

56%

5/9

50%

9/18

53%

Yes and win

0%

0/9

56%

5/9

18%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

33%

3/9

56%

5/9

44%

8/18

46%

Yes and draw

11%

1/9

0%

0/9

6%

1/18

17%

Yes and loss

33%

3/9

0%

0/9

18%

Yes in both halves

22%

2/9

0%

0/9

11%

2/18

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Bet

MET

RCL

Match

League

Corners per match

9.8

11.9

10.8

9.8

Over 7.5

56%

5/9

67%

6/9

61%

11/18

67%

Over 8.5

44%

4/9

67%

6/9

56%

10/18

57%

Over 9.5

33%

3/9

67%

6/9

50%

9/18

47%

Over 10.5

22%

2/9

67%

6/9

44%

8/18

38%

Over 11.5

22%

2/9

67%

6/9

44%

8/18

32%

Over 12.5

22%

2/9

44%

4/9

33%

6/18

25%

Referee Abdelatif Kherradji: 4.3 cards and 28.4 fouls per game in 11 games this season

Bet

MET

RCL

Match

League

Cards per match

2.7

5.2

3.9

4.1

Over 2.5

56%

5/9

100%

9/9

78%

14/18

79%

Over 3.5

44%

4/9

89%

8/9

67%

12/18

65%

Over 4.5

11%

1/9

56%

5/9

33%

6/18

38%

Over 5.5

0%

0/9

33%

3/9

17%

3/18

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Odsonne Édouard

5 starts · 0.9 per 90

40%

2/5

60%

3/5

0%

0/5

0%

0/5

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Metz

Last 5 games before this match

26 Oct

Lille

(A)

1-6

L

19 Oct

Toulouse

(A)

0-4

L

4 Oct

Olympique de Marseille

(H)

0-3

L

28 Sep

Le Havre

(H)

0-0

D

21 Sep

AS Monaco

(A)

2-5

L

RC Lens

Last 5 games before this match

25 Oct

Olympique de Marseille

(H)

2-1

W

19 Oct

Paris FC

(H)

2-1

W

4 Oct

Auxerre

(A)

2-1

W

28 Sep

Stade Rennais

(A)

0-0

D

20 Sep

Lille

(H)

3-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Metz and RC Lens haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Ligue 1 table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

PSG

34

24

4

6

74

29

+45

76

L

W

D

W

2

RC Lens

34

22

4

8

66

35

+31

70

W

L

W

D

3

Lille

34

18

7

9

52

37

+15

61

L

W

D

W

D

4

Lyon

34

18

6

10

53

40

+13

60

L

W

5

Marseille

34

18

5

11

63

45

+18

59

W

L

D

L

6

Rennes

34

17

8

9

59

50

+9

59

L

W

L

W

7

AS Monaco

34

16

6

12

60

54

+6

54

L

W

D

8

Strasbourg

34

15

8

11

58

47

+11

53

W

D

L

W

9

Lorient

34

11

12

11

48

51

-3

45

L

W

D

L

W

10

Toulouse

33

12

8

13

47

46

+1

44

W

D

L

11

Paris FC

34

11

12

47

50

-3

44

W

L

W

L

W

12

Brest

34

10

9

15

43

55

-12

39

D

L

D

13

Angers

34

9

16

29

48

-19

36

D

L

D

14

Le Havre

34

7

14

13

32

44

-12

35

W

L

D

15

Auxerre

34

8

10

16

34

44

-10

34

W

L

D

16

Nice

34

7

11

16

37

60

-23

32

D

L

D

17

Nantes

33

5

8

20

29

52

-23

23

L

W

L

D

18

Metz

34

3

8

23

32

76

-44

17

D

L

D

L

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Metz v RC Lens: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Metz

RC Lens

Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Metz

RC Lens

Head to head

Ligue 1 table